I get $2/hour above minimum wage here, which is $1.50/hour higher than most of the employees in the same position at my work.
Recently, 5+ of our live-in clients tested positive for covid. 3 staff members, too. I'm expected to get in close contact with covid patients every day, and to go inside of their rooms every half hour to ensure their safety. I'm not given a filtration mask or PPE other than gloves and a cloth disposable mask. Clients are taken out of quarantine after 5 days, and are exposed to the other clients, who attend outside activities (one of which is mostly senior citizens). I know for a fact that I got within 6 feet of several of these clients, both before and after their diagnosis. The clients themselves only get tested when they develop symptoms.
They refuse to covid test us. They refuse to let me isolate and get tested. In fact, we don't even get our own bathroom (or one that locks, even) away from our covid clients. We don't even get a break room, but that's besides the point. I'm afraid of retaliation if I report my work for their numerous violations.
Even with all the danger, care is compromised for the clients. It's lose-lose. They're not getting scheduled meds or fed regularly (and no, none of us have food handler's licenses). And yet it's still dangerous for all of us.
I didn't sign up for this. I don't know what to do.